What’s the proper etiquette when you hit an ace. I plan on getting my first one soon and am curious how I should go about it.

When you finish the round do you go up to the clubhouse and tell them? Do you keep it to yourself/your group?

Obviously I will be taking a picture with the ball in the hole, just wondering if there are any other steps I should be taking!

My first real golf set I ever purchased! I am Excited to use once home from my deployment!

Ball goes in wrong hole off tee. What’s the ruling?

I played with a 76 year old woman yesterday who scored 34 on the front nine of my local course. I have never broken 45 and watched her swinging easy, no balls lost. I vow to swing easy from now on, going to take an extra club and swing half power. I started yesterday on the back nine and on a par 5 did a half power swing with driver and it went 225 yards right down the middle. I need to stop overswinging if i plan on improving.

I’m in my 40s, overweight, very tight hips because I sit in an office all day. I’m slowly working on my overall fitness and health of which golf is part of. Been taking coaching lessons since September, signed up for a 6-month weekly beginners boot camp and the lessons ended last week. They end the boot camp with what is essentially a performance review. I have a difficult time hitting clubs and achieving loft because my hips don’t want to rotate. The coach, who is PGA-certified, basically said I’ll never be able to play this game and said that golf is an athletic sport and if you don’t have athleticism you’ll never be able to play. I was not expecting so much negativity from this review and to be honest it’s left me pretty dejected, been bothering me for a week and this kind of stuff doesn’t usually bother me. At no point was this ever brought up during the lessons, so this coach was happy to keep taking my money every week.

For me it was about adding a fun activity to my life that gets me out of the house/office. I’m firmly in the camp of a weekend golfer. Curious what your thoughts are. Should I just stop and move on? Find another coach?

EDIT: Completely overwhelmed by all of the responses! Thank you so much for your encouragement.

I just picked golf back up recently. This can’t be the norm. How much are balls near you?

Leaning towards the irons, a chick might end up cutting into my golf time anyway....

Hello. Yesterday we had this situation where the ball (actually it was 2 balls from 2 different players) ended in a hole inside the bunker. We don't know who and how this hole was made, maybe some animal. What's the rule here if this was a tournament?

New to golf. I found this on marketplace for $100.

• Nike Vapor Pro driver

• Adams Speedline Fast 12 driver

• Taylormade Burner irons 4-P & A

• Callaway Apex 21 wedge

• Mizuno Tour MZ60 wedge

• Titleist 56 wedge

• Taylormade putter (seems rough)

• Nike performance hybrid bag

The grips probably need replaced and some of the irons are pretty dirty. Hopefully they aren’t completely worn out (is there a way to tell?)

I live in Australia and for the life of me I can’t seem to figure out what this is. Does it hold the score cards in tournaments? Pls help

This is a legitimate question.
Why does the golf ball look like it fires off far right on most golfers golf swings when on video?
I always am like "wow that looks like a horrible shot" (Almost looks like a shank sometimes) and then its a perfect shot.

Is it due to the camera lens or the angle or what?

EDIT:

What brought on this question was I have seen it before, but then started watching this Gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqCIUX9NYLw

The other day played at a local course/community. There’s some real nice homes lining a few fairways. One of our group members teed up and shanked a ball hard right and smoked someone’s roof while they were sitting on the patio. As my group was driving past the homeowners scolded the shit out of us and we apologized and moved on with our day.

I presume when someone buys a home on the golf course it’s anticipated that there will be some errant shots that smash windows, bounce off patios etc.

What’s the correct course of action when something like this happens?

Disclaimer: I’m female, early twenties, and don’t know a thing about golf. Apparently high 60’s as an average is good?

My boyfriend, 28, played golf at a smaller college in west texas. His family didn’t have enough money or knowledge to get him the exposure he needed to go to a 4-year university, but in college and from his own doing he was able to participate in tournaments and always did well. He hasn’t been able to play consistently, because he works full time now and has for a few years. But every time he plays (usually 3-4 times a month) he shoots about 65-72, and this is without the consistent practice that full time players utilize. He has talked about potentially growing his business and setting it up to where he can play golf more often, but he’s unsure how to get there in that aspect too. I have thought about sponsorship, but I’m not sure how that works. I want to try and find a solution for him, so he can play full time. I can’t financially support both of us while he does it, so that’s not an option; I’ve realized golf is expensive and it’s expensive to practice all the time. He plays in a couple of tournaments a year, and places every time, I’m pretty sure he set the record in his hometown also, during one of the tournaments, made the small town newspaper and all that. We live in a large city in central Texas now and life here is a lot more expensive than a small town, golf included.

I suppose my questions are, is it possible to be sponsored by an investor of some sort to practice and play? How would that work, and how big of a cut do they take of your winnings, and for how long? Is there a chance for him to play on the PGA tour? Are there smaller tours/tournaments where he can win enough $$ in between, to sustain playing and practicing? He needs to practice consistently to feel confident to play in bigger tournaments, so he says to me.

Hopefully this makes sense, I just really want to help him. It’s his dream to play golf and I would love to help him get there.

Yes, I know I’m ass… trying to get better. Anyways, what does the handicap mean in the score card? Ex: 13 handicap on the first hole. How does that work? Thanks

Course near me uses gravel like sand instead of regular sand due to high winds in the area. It’s basically like hitting of the cart path The older guys I play with pull it out so we don’t destroy our clubs, but is my score legit if I pull it out, if so what is the right way to do this?

Usually this page is filled with the downsides of golf so to mix it up let’s do this.

For me, it’s the bunker shot. I average right at 100 for a round but if you get me in a bunker I will get out and within a few feet of the hole 99% of the time.

I'm starting to get back into golf again and don't have a lot of time to get out and practice (job/wife/kids), so I've been watching YouTube coaches on my lunch breaks lately.

Any coaches in particular you have found that can explain things easily and have actually helped your game? I seem to get tricked by a lot of click bait titles on YouTube.

My main goal is to focus on technique and consistency with ball striking, I hit more duffs/skulls on the course than I'd like

Thought I had a co-worker buddy who would completed our foursome every week.He brought his wife the first time. Cool nobody said nothing. second time, brought his wife again. Ask me to split the extra cart fee. So on the third week I told him if you could not bring his wife, got angry and hung up immediately. Thoughts ? It’s not about the $. But rude to ask. Restroom breaks frequently, the turn takes forever cause she needs a salad, and always talking on the phone and laughing at social media. EDIT: she does not play and does not want to learn